Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt

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Thought of as a renegade, his being of poor family, and no means, answering to no one; he thought highly of himself regardless of actual circumstances. Unfortunately for village parents, each daughter of proper age seemed attracted to him. It was no surprise as he strode from country lanes with a confident although arrogant manner, and naive girls could only see his beauty—wavy black hair with a carefully placed curl on his forehead—flashing his blue eyes made girls swoon.

Weekend Writing Prompt #321 – Renegade

Cyranny’s 1MinFic

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“Why is everything pink?” Did we come late and is this after the bomb? After settling in with popcorn and drinks, Joe was puzzled by the screen showing nothing but pink! Joe was a victim of “barbenheimer”.

***Barbie’-‘Oppenheimer’ Double Feature on Opening Weekend

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Six Sentence Story

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Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.

***

Mind the grid. Mind your step. Mind your instrument. Mind the cadence. Dress right, dress. Be loud and proud!

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

PROMPT WORD: GRID

The Sunday Whirl

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Chilled teeth chattering absentmindedly as her tear dabbed face trapped in a tattered scarf, Mary squinted through cruel flecks of salty fluid that never seemed to cease. She didn’t want to see it, but necessarily came upon the grave just as a squirrel skittered across the sodden mound. The hem of her ragged woolen skirt seemed to drag along beside her, a witness to these events that caused her such sorrow. It seemed as if the dirt mound had been scalded of all the former flowery framed tributes, and now laid naked as if to say, I’m done, take me.

Wordle 614 – A Baker’s Dozen

Public Media

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The U.S. House Labor, Healthb and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittees released its draft fiscal year 2024 appropriations legislation that proposed to zero out federal funding for public media.

The bill eliminates funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), public television and radio’s single largest source of funding, and Interconnection, public media’s distribution network that enables viewers and listeners to receive programs and emergency alerts.

Let us be clear: Without federal funding, there is no public media. Multiple studies confirm that ending funding would devastate, if not destroy, public media, resulting in the loss of programs and services or stations going off air.

Americans consistently rank federal funding for public media as one of the best investments the government makes. For about $1.40 per American annually, almost every community has access to programs and services that educate, inform, and inspire.

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Six Sentence Story

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Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers. PROMPT WORD: CONSOLE

Trying to console oneself.

Immediate tears flow down cheeks.

Every attempt to stop (feeling) thwarted.

Well wishers, sympathizers, abound.

Pain continues as a loved one’s life drains.

There is no consolation.

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt

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Thoughts Near Death

All dreams rejected
Faith previously respected
Leave me feeling dejected
I might have suspected
As one thing led to another collected
Brain, mind stood, and objected
Then a sneaking suspicion detected
A feeling of fear, and unprotected
Old memories visited and selected
Filtered as if dissected
No longer safely connected
Their mind with disease affected
Barriers of truth erected
Feelings of resentment projected
Only the basic form of love accepted.

Weekend Writing Prompt #320 – Dejected